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Post by cyborg on Sept 25, 2015 20:40:52 GMT -5
They should be straight,,,they got bumped in shipping
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Post by cyborg on Sept 25, 2015 13:30:04 GMT -5
i'm not feeling the love Jerry,,,it's a heartbreaker,,,but i'll carry on,,,,,,,,,somehow,,,,  |
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Post by cyborg on Sept 25, 2015 8:28:47 GMT -5
What a nice uncle you are,,,hard lessons to be learned to be sure,,,hey did i mention i'm up for adoption?,,,i've been eyeing a ktm duke 390,,,just sayin
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Post by cyborg on Sept 25, 2015 8:25:22 GMT -5
Very nice!!!!! what did you get the little beauty for if i may ask?,,,with no miles too!!! NICE!!!
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Post by cyborg on Sept 24, 2015 14:29:25 GMT -5
i thought i sent this earlier but it got lost somehow,,,anyways what i was going to suggest was get a gasket set a set of rings hone the cylinder if it's good which i'm assuming it is to break the glaze reassemble the beast and fire it up,,,and go riding,,,before the snow starts flying,,but it's a moot point now,,,new parts on the way,,,let's build it up right and get it lit
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Post by cyborg on Sept 24, 2015 13:52:15 GMT -5
yes pics please,,of everything
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Post by cyborg on Sept 24, 2015 11:44:24 GMT -5
lets see a pic of the cylinder,,maybe a hone to break the glaze and new rings and you can assemble it and call it a deal
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Post by cyborg on Sept 24, 2015 8:40:05 GMT -5
im with Kat on this one,,,lots of gently used scoots on the market that sat for a winter or two ,,,no miles in a garage that are a wash a battery and a carb clean away from being back in service,,,just checked out the bikes she listed,,,there's your answer
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Post by cyborg on Sept 23, 2015 22:55:27 GMT -5
The babe on the ktm is the only sane one in the whole bunch
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Post by cyborg on Sept 23, 2015 20:58:33 GMT -5
My last call,,,guess on this one is the cdi is intermittent and throwing time all over the place,,,,plus the fact you set your valve lash's so big you could have driven a semi thru them
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Post by cyborg on Sept 23, 2015 20:55:49 GMT -5
I'm with pistondude on this one all the way,,,there is no way no how you damaged anything by setting lash too large,,,he developes engine parts for a living for some of the most exotic race engines ,,,he has forgotten more than we all know about engines,,,,collectively,,,,,,,
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Post by cyborg on Sept 23, 2015 8:31:04 GMT -5
very confusing thread,,there should have been no damage from setting the valve lash too big,,it would just be low on power from running late in the timing sequence because of the large gap,,,i think you have multi faceted problem here,,,just for peace of mind i suggest you check the rocker arms ,,i think you cracked one ,,,not from anything you did ,,,it may not be completely broken off just cracked and bent,,,also check the springs , keepers and retainers,,,,,,a nice clear pic of the valve train area would really help us determine whats going on here,,,,also it could be a bent valve holding open,,,you may not have been at TDC when you set them and the piston touched a valve and bent it ,,,
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New member
by: cyborg - Sept 22, 2015 8:09:22 GMT -5
Post by cyborg on Sept 22, 2015 8:09:22 GMT -5
welcome!!!
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Post by cyborg on Sept 21, 2015 19:09:52 GMT -5
Yea lain it's a very thin washer made of spring steel that looks like a potatoe chip
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Post by cyborg on Sept 21, 2015 18:04:44 GMT -5
over $10,000 i'm sure,,,i just don't know what they're after,,,i can get a ktm duke 690 for less than that and it would leave the wonderkind beemer for dead after 3rd gear,,,oh well i guess im a dinosaur,,,scooters to me are low deck floorboard small mill (250 and under) good mileage and no real top speed (under 80 mph),,,to me the new "maxi" lineups are nothing more than low framed motorcycles with an automatic trans,,and also it's getting to the point where you can buy a gently used bike for very low money ,,,4 grand in for the build and have a stonking good bike (ie mid 80's bmw r80 used $2-3000 with very low miles,,$2000 for a balance/blueprint job and trans rework,,,another $2000 inthe chassis ,,$500 for paint,,,$7500 all in and it would be a monster,,,) crazy talk for what they want for the new stuff,,,,i know i'm gettin old but not senile yet anyways,,i built that ducati s4 monster in my avatar,,,got it as a very light lay down with 4000 miles on the clock,,,2 months later a few ebay buys later $2000 for the bike $300 for the tags that were expired,,,$2200 in parts,,,BAM,,,that beemer wouldnt have a chance,,,the duc would kill that thing dead,,,dead dead,,,,for like no money,,,,,i'll shut up now
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